Mysterious Aisles Publication Day!
Mysterious Aisles is finally live. Yes, that’s right. You, the reading public, can finally know what Gwen said to Pennington, why Norman refused to row
On Automated Writing: Guest Post by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
We crossed a walk to the other part of the academy, where, as I have already said, the projectors in speculative learning resided. The first
Hard at Work
Hey, my loyal tens of readers. Earlier this year, I promised more on this website. Now, six weeks later, I’m turning in my second update.
Flash Fiction – Dead Man’s Bride
It was about six in the evening, autumn, and the evenings drawing in. My office is in the shade of the next building anyway, so
Happy New Year
Hello, and Happy New Year to my loyal tens of readers. My New Years resolution this year is to write more on my blog. The
Pulp Adventures 10: A Catastroph-ape
Cop 1: Oh no! That big ape has got another victim! We’d betta do somethin’! Cop 2: Yeah, that’s easy to say. But we’re at
The Wreck of the ‘Saucy Gibbon’
Do you remember The Goodies? If you do, you’re probably about my age, and probably Australian. Though they were a British comedy team, their BBC
Fantasy, Reality and Research
Champagne Charlie and the Amazing Gladys and its upcoming sequel are fantasy novels. They are made up without regard to whether what was happening in
Charlie and Gladys Posters
A while back, I made a few faux-Victorian posters to advertise my Steampunk book Champagne Charlie and the Amazing Gladys. Like Steampunk itself, they’re not
Fantasy Films of the 1980s Part 1
A couple of days ago, I watched the second season of the Witcher. It’s very much modern tv fantasy — endlessly elaborate backstory, CG monsters